Rear seat for vehicles.



No. 830,825. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. G. H. HUTTON, JR.

REAR SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1905.

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G. H. HUTTON, JR. REAR SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1B.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

REAR SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 287,674.

To atZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HUTTON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Footmens Rear Seats for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved footmans rear seat for light vehicles.

The object of the invention is to provide a foldable seat for attachment to the rear end of a vehicle-body and capable of taking a po sition projecting back beyond the body, folding forward and downward into the said body, and also adapted to be entirely lifted from its position.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing 2. vehicle-body and the footman's seat projecting back of the rear end. Fig. 2 is a like view of a body, but showing the footmans seat partly folded. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation of the seat in its upright position and shows the inner side of one jointed standard. Fig. 4 is a top view of the seat as seen when in the position which it has in Fi 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view, on a larger scale, 0 the coupling-joint at the base. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the coupling-joint on the line 6 6 in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view of the upper jointed part of a standard and arm and shows the outer side of same.

The improved seat may be used on any style or design of vehicle-body.

The letter A designates a vehicle-body, b the rear end of the body, and c a wood bar secured on the inside at the bottom where the end-board joins the bottom of the body.

The improved seat is supported by two standards (Z, both of which are seen in the top plan view, Fig. 4. Each standard d is coupled to a stationary metal base 6, which is permanently secured in the bottom of the vehicle-body, a metal base 6 being in each of the two rear corners and secured by a bolt f and a screw f The metal base comprises two side walls 6, which are cast in an integral piece and spaced apart, and has a pivotbolt 6 attached to the two walls and extending across the said space. The metal base also has at its rear end a shoulder 6 Each standard has at its lower end a coupling-jaw g, which has an open slot g, that takes over the pivot-bolt e on the base, and the jaw 9 sets down into the space between the two walls e. At the rear of the coupling-j aw the standard has a heel h, which when the standard is in vertical position sets upon the shoulder e of the base and sustains the seat. The coupling-joint thus constructed enables the standard (if to stand upright and also to tilt forward, as indicated by broken lines in Fig.5. Whenthestandardhasbeentiltedforward to an angle of about forty-five degrees, the open slot 9 in the coupling-jaw will be in vertical position, and then the seat, with its standards, may be lifted entirely from position, and thus removed from the vehicle-body. When the standard has been tilted forward and also downward as far as it will go, the seat will be inclosed within the box part of the vehicle-body.

In addition to the two standards (2 the seat also comprises the two arms I, each arm being united by a pivot-joint 7' to one of the standards d. Each end of the seat therefore has a standard d and arm I and two pivot-joints e and y'.

The arm I has two curved bars, the upper bar is and the lower bar Z, which have one end united near the pivot j and the other ends united and forming an upward-curved point where the back rail m is secured which eX- tends across from one arm to the other arm. (See Fig. 4.) The two arms I also have an attached bar n, which extends across between the lower curved bars Z. Each arm has a stop-shoulder j on the lower curved bar Z, which abuts against a similar stop-shoulder 7' 0n the upper part d of the standard (Z. From this construction it is obvious that the arms I may tilt on the pivot 3' up and forward; but as the stop-shoulders are below the pivot 9' they will prevent the arm I from tilting downward.

A front bar 0 (see Fig. 3) extends across between the two standards d, the ends of the bar being securely fastened to said standards.

The seat proper (designated 1)) is to be made, preferably, of canvas or some other suitable flexible material and is secured to the bar n on the arms and the bar 0 on the standards. When the parts of the improved seat have the position for use shown in Fig. 1, the canvas seat 1) will be stretched, and when the arms I are folded forward and downward, as shown in Fig. 2, the canvas seat will also fold.

The operation of the device has been eX- plained in connection with the description.

Having thus described my invention, what IIO I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described rear seat for vehicle-bodies, com rising two metal bases permanently secure in the bottom of the vehicle-body; two standards each jointed to one of said metal bases; a front bar extending horizontally between said two standards and secured thereto; an arm'jointed to the upper part of each of said standards and adapted to project back beyond the rear of the vehicle-body; a back bar extending horizontally between the said two arms and connecting them; and a seat of flexible material 1s)ecured both to the front bar and the back 2. A rear seat for vehicle-bodies having in combination two metal bases, 6, comprising side walls spaced apart, a pivot-bolt across the space, and a shoulder, e at the rear of I the said pivot; two standards jointed to said pivot-bolts and each standard provided at its rear with arheel which sets upon said baseto each standard and adapted to project back beyond the rear of the vehicle-body and to fold up and forward; a back rail connecting the two arms; and a flexible seat secured between the standards and arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. HUTTON, JR. Witnesses:

MARC BRYANT, V G. FERDINAND VOGT. 

